College football schedule 2026: What to watch in Week 7, TV channels, streaming, Saturday kickoff times — SkimNews
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- No. 5 Indiana hosts No. 4 Ohio State at noon on Fox in a rematch of the 2025 Big Ten Championship Game, with receiver Jeremiah Smith flagged as 'likely the best player in the country' after torching secondaries all season.
- No. 6 Alabama visits No. 14 Tennessee at Neyland Stadium (3:30 p.m. on ABC) in the first Third Saturday in October in decades where both teams wear home jerseys; Tennessee starts MacIntyre for the second time while the Tide arrive off a loss to Georgia.
- No. 2 Notre Dame plays No. 8 BYU in Provo at 7:30 p.m. on ABC, billed as 'one of the only games in which Notre Dame might get pushed this fall' given the Irish's schedule, with BYU QB Bear Bachmeier facing a pass-heavy test.
- No. 22 LSU hosts No. 16 Mississippi State at noon on ESPN with Lane Kiffin under pressure at 4-2 'with one of the most expensive rosters in the sport,' coming off a Kentucky loss and dependent on whether Mississippi State QB Kamario Taylor can suit up.
- No. 9 Ole Miss hosts No. 13 Missouri (3:30 p.m., SEC Network) in a rematch of Austin Simmons losing the Rebels' starting job to Trinidad Chambliss; the article frames it as Missouri's elite run game against an Ole Miss run defense that struggled against Vanderbilt.
- No. 20 Houston hosts No. 18 Oklahoma State at 7:30 p.m. on Fox in a Big 12 race the article says has 'opened up' after Texas Tech's offense sputtered and BYU star LJ Martin went out injured.
- The slate's other ranked games include No. 7 Texas hosting Florida, Auburn at No. 1 Georgia, Florida State at No. 3 Miami, No. 15 Kentucky at Oklahoma, No. 10 Texas Tech hosting Arizona State, and Penn State at Michigan.
Why it matters: Three top-10 teams — defending champion Indiana, No. 2 Notre Dame, and No. 6 Alabama — face tests the source flags as pivotal: Notre Dame specifically 'can't afford more than one or two losses' on a schedule the article calls 'not exactly loaded,' while LSU's stumble to Kentucky now puts Lane Kiffin's $4-2 roster under a microscope against Mississippi State.
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